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West Papuan villagers fleeing fighting between the Indonesian military and pro-independence militants to Sugapa, the capital of Intan Jaya regency

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Human Rights Watch warns renewed fighting threatens West Papua civilians

June 3, 2025

Solidarity from another decolonisation struggle - West Papua

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Phil Goff: Israel doesn’t care how many innocent people it’s killing in Gaza

A Goundar Shipping vessel

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Ship runs aground in Fiji – then its rescue vessel capsizes

Independent writer Eugene Doyle

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Eugene Doyle: Writing in the time of the Gaza genocide

NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters

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Why NZ must act against Israel’s ethnic cleansing and genocide

Taeri MP and former journalist Ingrid Leary

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Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education given airing

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June 4, 2025

NBC managing director Kora Nou

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Papua New Guinea seeks ‘fast track’ advice on resurrecting shortwave radio

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May 28, 2025

Culture and Tourism Minister Belden Namah

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PNG’s Namah calls for tighter bio controls, patrols on Indonesian border

June 3, 2025

Mele Ikiua with four of her five children: Eunique Ikiua (from left), Kaira-Jo Talagi-Ikiua, Topui Jnr Talagi-Ikiua, Mele, and Hannah Edwards-Ikiua

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Pasifika recipients say King’s Birthday honours not just theirs alone

June 2, 2025

Rassemblement National's Marie Le Pen

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French politicians in New Caledonia to stir the political melting pot

May 30, 2025

Prime Minister Fiāme Naomi Mata'afa on the floor of Parliament earlier this year

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Samoa parliament formally dissolved after months of uncertainty

June 3, 2025

Youssef Sammour, a veteran of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla

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How Israel manufactured a looting crisis to cover up its Gaza...

June 1, 2025

Images have been circulating on social media of Indonesian rockets that have been reportedly fired on villages

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AWPA calls on Albanese to raise West Papuan human rights with...

May 13, 2025

Former staffer in New Caledonia's Congress Frédérique Muliava

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Former Congress staffer allowed to return to Kanaky New Caledonia

June 4, 2025

New Zealand's Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro, with journalist and educator Dr David Robie at the investiture ceremony

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Asia Pacific Report editor honoured for contribution to Pacific journalism

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May 26, 2025

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) with President Prabowo Subianto at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, in April 2025

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Indonesia’s Pacific manoeuvres – money, military and silencing West Papua

May 11, 2025

RSF has filed four complaints with the ICC over war crimes committed against journalists in Gaza and were at the Cannes Film Festival to pay tribute to Fatma Hassoun

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Radical legal step towards ending impunity for Israel over killing Gaza...

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May 29, 2025

Displaced Oksop villagers in West Papua

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‘Ghost of Suharto’ marks Prabowo’s new phase in West Papua occupation

January 6, 2025

"Israel is starving us" in Gaza, says the protest placard in Auckland

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‘Starving’ masked Palestine protesters condemn Luxon’s Gaza ‘appeasement’

May 23, 2025

ULMWP's Benny Wenda

Decolonisation

West Papuan leader praises People’s Tribunal ruling as proof of ‘need...

December 10, 2024

Samoa on election day in 2016

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Samoa parliament to be dissolved in June, election date to come

May 29, 2025

"On top of her bold activism, Hilda LINI was also a mother to us."

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Motarilavoa Hilda Lini – strong, passionate fighter for decolonisation, nuclear-free Pacific

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May 27, 2025

A logging ship, Turubu Bay, East Sepik

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Plea for UN intervention over illegal PNG loggers ‘stealing forests’

May 28, 2025

The NGO Coalition on Human Rights in Fiji

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Fiji rights coalition slams ‘betrayal’ of West Papua for Indonesian benefits

May 17, 2025

A truck laden with humanitarian aid for Gaza

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PSNA condemns NZ’s ‘indifference to mass murder’ as Israel blocks aid...

May 27, 2025

PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa in Parliament yesterday

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Samoan PM Fiamē advises dissolution of parliament, calls for snap elections

May 28, 2025

Motarilavoa Hilda Lini

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Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, ‘a trailblazer’ for Vanuatu women in politics, dies

May 26, 2025

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

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COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

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Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

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Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

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NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

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NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

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Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robie

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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

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Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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Fiji to set up relocation trust fund for villages hit by...

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Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

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Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

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Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

Mele Ikiua with four of her five children: Eunique Ikiua (from left), Kaira-Jo Talagi-Ikiua, Topui Jnr Talagi-Ikiua, Mele, and Hannah Edwards-Ikiua

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Pasifika recipients say King’s Birthday honours not just theirs alone

Taeri MP and former journalist Ingrid Leary

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Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education given airing

Former staffer in New Caledonia's Congress Frédérique Muliava

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Former Congress staffer allowed to return to Kanaky New Caledonia

Youssef Sammour, a veteran of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla

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How Israel manufactured a looting crisis to cover up its Gaza...

EDITOR'S PICKS

It’s important to remember that these events have only happened because Israel has imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip since March

Analysis

Thou shalt protect Israel: The West’s first and only commandment

Te Pāti Māori's Rawiri Waititi (from left), Hana Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer . . . punished

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Punishment for Te Pāti Māori over Treaty haka stands – but...

Coverage of decolonisation in the Pacific, the lack of women's representation in parliaments

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Independent Pacific media face reckoning after US aid cuts

West Papuan villagers fleeing fighting between the Indonesian military and pro-independence militants to Sugapa, the capital of Intan Jaya regency

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Human Rights Watch warns renewed fighting threatens West Papua civilians

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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

It’s important to remember that these events have only happened because Israel has imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip since March

Analysis

Thou shalt protect Israel: The West’s first and only commandment

Te Pāti Māori's Rawiri Waititi (from left), Hana Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer . . . punished

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Punishment for Te Pāti Māori over Treaty haka stands – but...

The lone US vote against Gaza peace

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Analyst condemns US ‘utter isolation’ after fifth Israel veto at UN...

Coverage of decolonisation in the Pacific, the lack of women's representation in parliaments

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Independent Pacific media face reckoning after US aid cuts